Snowball shaver



J. RAGOLIO Y SNOWBALL SHAVER 2l Sheets-Sheet l oct. 1s, 1949.

Filed May 21,' 1948 FIG. 2.

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Amie-anaemia 21, 194s,f.seria1iN0; zsasrr, zzclims. (o1.l 241;-'925 This: invention relates tosmachineryiforigthe fra'oturingf. ofi materials andimorezparticularlp to those employable for the shavingof ice; A AmongV the objectsioiithisnvention, isto nrovidef aznewt and improved ice chippinggmachine that will do such work, effectively and eiciently, at the same time being compact and easily manipulated.

A further object of this invention is to provide a new and improved ice-shaving machine that will automatically shave off pieces of ice from a block or s-ection of ice by shaving and avoiding undue breaking and then direct them through a suitable channel to a compartment selected therefor and adapted to facilitate their removal. This all being done without the use of weights or springs to force the lice down in the machine.

Other objects of the invention will be indicated as it is further described.

For a better understanding of the invention and the objects and principles thereof, reference is made to the appended drawings, and the description following, which together describe a particular form of the invention by way of example, while the scope of the invention is emphasized in the claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of an ice shaving machine embodying this invention, with portions broken away to show the interior construction;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of Figure l with portions broken away to show the inner construction;

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the machine with portions broken away to show its inner construction; y

Figure 4 is partial sectional elevation taken on line 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a view looking from above taken on line 5-5 of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a view taken along line 6-6 of Figure 3;

Figure 7 is a sectional view through 1-1 on Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a detail of the shaver plate used in this embodiment; and

Figure 9 is a detail of the knife used in the shaving plate and taken on line 9-9 of Figure 8.

Similar reference characters relate to the same parts throughout the various views.

In the construction particularly indicated in the drawings, a housing I0 of thin flat material is formed to a rectangular contour having an upf per shell 9 surmounted on a hollow base I I raised f z; substantially-aboveleve1 to contain a=pan-l2 and provide. for, ample ,Y space I 3f`in-l whichv to vmanipuv.n latent.y An.- opening, I *enables thefpani I 2i tothe handled@ appropriately.

Theuppen shell: il.v of-thez housing I lids: divided substantially into halves by a tank I5 vertically erected in it. An opening I6 is provided in the tank I5 and serves as a large orifice. A hopper I1 having one side vertical and substantially open at I8 with the opposite side I9 converging towards the bottom, serves as a container for relatively large pieces of ice. The converging side I9 serves to press the ice towards the open side and the opening I8. The hopper I1 has an extending lip 20 at its bottom to facilitate the retention of the hopper on the edge of the tank I5, as well as prevent leaks of ice or water occurring inside the space 2| in which the hopper I1 is situated. The hopper has a continuous ange 22 around it about the vertical side, having holes 23 spaced along it for bolts to secure it to the tank I5. The hopper I1 has a cover 24, together with lock 25 and hinges 26.

The chipping and shaving mechanism of the machine consists of a chipper or shaver plate 21 of disc-like form with slots 28 formed with bevels 29, against which the knives 30 rest and project beyond slightly, for chipping purposes. Back of the slots 28 are raised ridges 49 serving to gather the ice chipped by the knives on the plate, and carry it forward from the hopper. This chipped or shaved ice is thrown from the plate against the wall guards 3| of the tank I5 surrounding the plate 21 and diverted to a floor opening 32 in the base II and dropped into the pan I2. The -plate 21 is mounted on a shaft 33 journalled in the tank I5 and operated through a pulley 45 and belt 34, actuated by a motor 35. The motor 35 is attached to the base I I and energized by an outside sourc-e of power, not shown, which is controlled by a switch 41. The knives while rotating run close to the surface of the partition but do not scrape against it, although they do engage the face of the ice as it comes through the opening, and chip or scrape it off. The ice to be scraped is placed in the hopper and allowed' -to slide forward and down as it is scraped or chipped oi.

While but one general form of the invention i scope of the claims, as it is appreciated thatother forms of construction -could be made that.

lip extending in said last-named compartment, a-

tank in the upper right hand compartment, said tank having a straight wall therein terminating in a flaring wall portion extending towards the lower compartment, said hopper and tank having open sides in juxtaposition, a shaver plate carried by said tank and journalled in the straight wall portion thereof, means for rotating said shaver plate and a pan in the lower compartment to receive the ice fed to said hopper, shaved by said shaver plate and guided by the flaring wall portion on said tank and by said lip.

2. A machine as set forth in claim 2, said hopper and tank having interlocking portions and ange connections and said means for driving the shaver plate comprising a. motor in the upper right hand compartment, and connecting means between said motor and plate.

JOHN RAGOLIO.

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